Sculpture
Sculpture
4th century -5th Century (made)
4th century -5th Century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Head of Kuvera or possibly one of Mara's soldiers. Moustached head, frowning, with open mouth; diademed with loop of hair hanging in the front. The face is moulded and other parts modelled.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Sculpture (Generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lime composition (Kankar) |
| Brief description | Male Head (Kuvera), 4/5th century, Lime composition, Gandhara, Afghanistan. |
| Physical description | Head of Kuvera or possibly one of Mara's soldiers. Moustached head, frowning, with open mouth; diademed with loop of hair hanging in the front. The face is moulded and other parts modelled. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Imre Schwaiger, £250 for six heads. |
| Production | Hadda, Afghanistan, Gandhara. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950]
p. 40, cat. no. 136 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.169-1929 |
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| Record created | June 13, 2002 |
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